Abstract :
Context: Intangible variation in skeletal remains is an area of interest for many forensic anthropologist and that is useful in instituting the individual identity. For the determination of sex from human remains, use of discriminant function analysis is progressively increasing.
Aims: Development of discriminant function for the determination of sex from femoral heads of North Indian Population.
Settings and Design: Study was done in the Department of Anatomy and it was a prospective study.
Materials and Methods: Present study was conducted on 60 wet cadaveric specimens from north India (41 males and 19 females) and the femur which appeared normal as per inclusion criteria were considered. Two diameters of femur were measured.
Statistical Analysis Used: The Trial version of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) was used for conducting the statistical analysis and significance level was set at P
Keyword :
Vertical diameter of femur, Transverse diameter of femur, Discriminant function analysis